Made it through the week, thank God. I turned in my syntax paper at the bar. Last night was the monthly celebration we like to call "first friday" when the department all gets together and goes to the bar to drink strange and magical beers from around the world. Lately I've been really into brown ales, my latest favorites being the brown from our local brewery at the "Hunter Gatherer" my favorite bar in Columbia, also the more accessible Brooklyn Brown, which tastes like sunshine and flowers and Rogue Honey Brown Nectar, which takes like beautiful caramelly sunshine and flowers. Lots of B-vitamins, and calories, yum. Also, South Carolina just passed a law so we can now get Trappist beers and barley wine (which is very very sweet and I'm not sure I like it much, but right now it's exciting and new). I also had Saison Dupont, which was just like a sunny afternoon in a nice Belgian field (yes, sunshine and flowers, that's what it all comes down to for me). Anyway, gotta go get some library books and have a nice relaxing weekend now.
P.S. Thought I should add, no I did not drink all of this at one time. I had two beers, that was all. Two.
Posted by linnea at May 5, 2007 1:03 PMGood, you were legal under Covenant's (old) study abroad laws.
Why was SC not allowed to have Trappist ales before? Too much alcohol? I love how outdated sometimes the law books can be.
Posted by: Evan Donovan at May 5, 2007 6:15 PMMmm, Trappist beers are the best. I am going to miss getting them so cheaply over here. Westmalle is my favorite, but I am determined before I leave to get my hands on some Westvleteren which you can only get at the abbey. Haven't tried the Saison Dupont, though. That's funny that SC didn't allow them until recently.
Posted by: Anna K at May 6, 2007 4:42 PM